This study analyzed offenders’ perceptions about distinct sanctions and their adequacy for different crimes, checking if these ideas apply to their crime. We covered a total of 163 adult offenders who were sanctioned with a non-custodial order. The results show that participants tended to express a punitive attitude toward crime, apart from their offenses. Participants who committed driving or drug trafficking offenses were those that revealed congruence regarding the adequacy of the sentence and the usefulness of the sanction imposed. Regarding sentences’ purposes, we noticed most participants considered punishment and general deterrence as the primary purposes. The main contribution of this study lies in its educational value about the cognitive particularities and specific needs of each type of offender. Not attending to offenders’ perceptions regarding sanctions may function as an obstacle for an efficient implementation of the Justice, in terms of their adherence to the sanctions, and consequently their rehabilitation.

这项研究分析了罪犯对不同制裁及其对不同罪行的适当性的看法，并检查了这些想法是否适用于他们的犯罪。我们涵盖了总共163名受到非监护令制裁的成年罪犯。结果表明，除了犯罪行为之外，参与者倾向于对犯罪行为表示惩罚性态度。犯有驾驶或贩毒罪的参加者表明对刑罚是否足够以及所施加的制裁是否有用表示一致。关于句子的目的，我们注意到大多数参与者认为惩罚和普遍威慑是主要目的。这项研究的主要贡献在于其关于每种罪犯的认知特殊性和特定需求的教育价值。